President's Welcome

President D. Merrill Ewert

D. Merrill Ewert became the university's 10th president in June of 2002. Ewert came to FPU from Cornell University, where he served as professor, director and associate dean of Cornell Cooperative Extension. His resume also includes stints as assistant and associate professor of education at Cornell, director of extension and continuing education at Wheaton College and assistant professor of adult/extension education at the University of Maryland. As a Fulbright Senior Scholar, Ewert worked with farmers in the Philippines. He also spent seven years in Africa with relief agencies. Ewert is excited by the university's potential. "Fresno Pacific University stands at the threshold of new opportunities for growth and development. It might eventually write the book on how Christian universities engage their scholarship with the needs of society."